Includes bibliographical references and index Examining literary discourses on female intimacy in seventeenth-century France, this study explores the effect of a homosocial and homopriviledged heritage on the deployment and constructions of female...
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Includes bibliographical references and index Examining literary discourses on female intimacy in seventeenth-century France, this study explores the effect of a homosocial and homopriviledged heritage on the deployment and constructions of female friendship and homoerotic relationships as thematic narratives in works by male and female writers. It reveals a new literary genealogy of female intimate bonds and adds to the research in lesbian and queer studies, fields in which pre-eighteenth-century French literary texts are rare
Translated in part from the French with the collaboration of Ramine Adl
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Historical Overview: The Refusal of Female Intimacy; 2 Female Intimacy in the Masculine Imagination: From Sexual Fantasy to Apprehension; 3 Female Intimacy in Women's Imagination: The Death of Prince Charming; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index;
